Frank Wiesmann

1. Does the sport package come with w rated tires or not? My dealer says yes.

2. My dealer says an E500 sport will do 155mph. True?

3. Is there a free 4 year/50,000 mile service including parts that wear(brakes, wiper blades etc.) like on a BMW?


Thanks for all your help.

mbtech208

Brake pads are not covered. Wipers are replaced at every B-service, free of charge.

marksatex

My E500 Sport came with W rated tires. The car will do the rating of the tire. That is to say MB matches the limiter chipset when the car is produced to the tires installed. Thus if you get H rated tires your car will only do 130mph W tires will do whatever W's will do. The car itself will exceed these limits, it's the tires that limit the top end. BTW I was told the W's rate at 167mph.

Having said all that, I have ne idea where I could use the top speed of this beast.... Or want to I believe...

My dealer says anything that wears as part of normal use of the car is not replaced free.

All IMHO

MPTLPTR

Mine came with H rated tires. It's really a toss-up which ones you get.

Baby Jocko

The E3 Sports Package explicitly specifies W rated tires. If you received H rated tires with your E3 optioned E-class, you have been ripped (probably by your dealer).

BigBohn

There was some controversy over the issue of what rating tires MB would put out with it's sport packages. Dealers around my area of South Florida decided that they'd leave the option up to the buyer, but they'd warn against W-rated tires as they tread would wear out much quicker than H-rated tires and the ride would be rougher due to harder sidewalls.

The vast majority of buyers down here did not request W-rateds and kept the H-rateds that came from factory. I got H-rated Continentals on my E500 sport and it handles and feels damn good.

I'm pretty certain I've seen this topic posted some time ago. Here's a search to check out what came up.https://mbworld.org/forums/search.ph...der=descending

Bundy

Just picked up my E500 with Sport Package. It has W rated Michelin Pilot Primacy tires on it. My dealer was surprised. He said most Sports were coming in with H rated on them even though literature says otherwise.

benggolf

Got mine with W rated tires; Continental Sports Contact 2.
Have noted that previous units with sports package have arrived from the factory with just H rated tires.